The Russian would later form Kaspersky Lab's in 1997 and by 2016 the Moscow-based firm had the largest market-share of cybersecurity software vendors in Europe, employing 4,000 staff.Īccording to Forbes, Kaspersky graduated from The Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science - which was sponsored by a number of state institutions including the KGB.

The 52-year-old became involved in the industry in 1989 when he was able to rid his own computer of the 'Cascade' virus. He is the Russian cyber security tycoon with a net worth estimated at more than $1.3billion.Įugene Kaspersky is the founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, a firm whose technology has 400 million users in 32 countries around the world. The firm added in a statement to MailOnline: 'We do share concerns UK government officials have about supply chain cybersecurity risks in protecting critical national networks and we believe that the industry needs to come up with more efficient validation criteria rather than excluding software based on its HQ location or the background of its top management.Įugene Kaspersky (pictured) is the founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, a firm whose technology has 400 million users in 32 countries around the world We have never helped and will never help any government with its cyberespionage efforts.' The spokesman is quoted as saying: 'Yet again, these articles present no substantial evidence of any wrongdoing the company is continuously accused of. He said the whistleblower's claims about the Gamma Group hacking demonstration had been made up, it had never 'published source codes' relating to the British firm and that the former staff member had been dismissed for poor conduct. MailOnline has contacted Gamma Group for comment.Ī Kaspersky spokesman denied the allegations when approached by the Times and questioned the accuracy of the claims in Meduza's report. Ivan Kaspersky (pictured) was freed in an operation by Russian special forces after his kidnappers demanded a $4.5 million ransom, which, according to his father, was never paid

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